Dark Ivysaur 6/9 · Best of Game

Ivysaur is Pokédex #002, generation 1 (Kanto). Dark Ivysaur is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 50 HP. The card says it evolves from Bulbasaur. In this catalog that name is Bulbasaur (#001). The card lists Dark Venusaur, Venusaur (#003) under evolves to.

Dark Ivysaur sits at 6/9 in Best of Game, position 6 of 9. Before it is 5 Rocket's Sneasel, and after it is 7 Dark Venusaur. The set belongs to the Other series. It was released on December 1, 2002. The printed size is 9, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Promo.

Vine Pull is listed as Poké-Body. Once during your turn when Dark Ivysaur retreats, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch it with his or her Active Pokémon. The attack Fury Strikes lists no damage number. The cost is Grass, Grass. Your opponent puts 3 markers onto his or her Pokémon (divided as he or she chooses). (More than 1 marker can be put on the same Pokémon.) Then, this attack does 10 damage to each Pokémon for each marker on it. Don't apply Weakness and Resistance. Remove the markers at the end of the turn. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

Ivysaur (#002) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Ivysaur 30/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Ivysaur, while this one is Dark Ivysaur. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Promo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 20 other cards of Ivysaur list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin-ichi Yoshida. I count 50 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Best of Game set binder is where a full Best of Game set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ivysaur can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.